Posted on 02/10/2014 10:18:04 AM PST by servo1969
Still adjusting to his life as an amputee, doctors discovered Mr Baer had bone cancer after a non-combat related injury in Iraq in 2009.
His left leg had to be amputated from the knee down and was given a physical service dog, Beanz, through a national organization called Canine Companions for Independence.
However, as soon as he walked through the door of the coffee chain, the trouble started.
A Starbucks employee approached him as he entered with Beanz, his service dog. 'You can't have dogs in here,' the worker yelled at him.
It was in your face, loud and bold. I got really nervous. I was shaking because I was being confronted,' he said in a posting on Facebook.
Mr Baer explained that Beanz was a service dog. The employee countered, 'you're not blind!' to which he replied 'I know and she isn't a seeing eye dog, she's a physical service dog.'
Beanz had her bright blue service vest and working collar on at the time of the encounter.
'Well what does the dog do?' the staffer demanded to know.
Upon explaining the ways in which his dog performed tasks for him, the war veteran was not prepared for the employees response: 'Why can't you do that yourself?' he was asked.
Mr Baer says he was humiliated and embarrassed in front of a crowd of spectators.
Eventually, he spoke with another employee and got his point across. The employee who stopped him at the door later apologized for what happened.
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I’m guessing Starbucks has no problem with service dogs.
One instance of an employee being stupid and uninformed doesn’t represent an entire company.
“Well what does the dog do?’ the staffer demanded to know.
Upon explaining the ways in which his dog performed tasks for him, the war veteran was not prepared for the employees response: ‘Why can’t you do that yourself?’ he was asked. “
Well, Starbucks employee had a point. This guy was not riding the dog around, so there’s nothing he really needed the dog for that the mutt couldn’t wait outside for five minutes.
Same here.
No, you're right. It represents an opportunity for an enlightened company to reach out and do something positive that reflects well on the corporation.
They have no choice about employees saying stupid stuff. Idiots do that sort of thing.
They have a world of opportunity in how they choose to react publicly.
Starbucks = overpriced burned s*** served by underemployed metrosexual baristas.
Except for college babes in there, why go in? And all they do is text.
Get informed, practice your arguments, anticipate your enemy's rebuttals and ways to shoot them down, then go out each and every day ready to do verbal battle with the enemy. Where are your guts, America?
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
With Starbucks and its deviant fag-marriage promoting agenda, I already boycott the rancid place. And frankly, even if the guy was wronged, I can’t work up any outrage or have sympathy towards anyone trying to patronize the place to begin with.
“Seems like the vet could have manned up and said, “OK, no problem” instead of acting like a squealin’ li’l lib.”
I have a hard time believing that a minimum wage barrista is going to be actively enforcing rules like this rather than just serving the coffee and getting the guy out of the store.
People need to realize that the whole “service dog” thing has been abused in the recent past and that businesses are starting to crack down in response. I personally know a few people who put “Therapy Dog” Certifications on their dogs (some of those requirements ain’t too tough) then attempted to pass their dogs off as “service dogs” by misusing the ID’s provided.
The Vet got his double-apology and should let it drop.
This is the UK, and the screamer was probably Muslim. Muslims hate drags, and just about everything else.
Too much drip coffee aggravates my ulcer and makes me jittery. And I like the social aspect of going to a coffee house. But there indie coffee places in downtown Everett. At home I also drink Medaglia d’Oro instant. It’s not your grandfathers instant coffee. It’s very good, and can also be used in recipes.
Thank you; may I steal that line? Whenever I'm feeling a little irritated and want to take it out on someone, I'll go to Starbucks and offer the coffee in English. They correct me and I'm rude about being corrected, and it's out of my system!
He should have cried out, “But I’m a homosexual!!!” Then the Starbucks kids would have ran to him with free drinks.
I usually only drink a cup in the morning. Maybe a cup after lunch if I’m drooping. In the summer I drink sun tea of some sort. Usually a flavored tea or something else high falutin.
I drank way too much coffee when I was in college. Fortunately never got an ulcer. Not sure why I managed to avoid one though.
Yeah...but I’m not them.
Yeah...but I’m not them. That said, I’d expect no repeats of abrasive stupidity from that employee, or he should be sent elsewhere.
I’ve never set foot in that place which is too bad since they wouldn’t miss my business.
whenever someone gives me a ration for parking in a HC spot, or using the HC facilities (I am handicapped), i ask to see their medical license. then i offer to call 911 because either i an going down for misuse of hc stuff, or HE’s going down for breach of peace. then i tell him to put up or shut up. if he persists, then I cal 911. only had to do that once. guy got huffy with the cop, who took him downtown - he was gonna let him go with a warning..
‘Therapy dog’ just means they are more comfortable with the dog around. That can be anwhere from helping them deal with genuine trauma or paranoia, to ‘I like to go for walks with my dog and annoy people who can’t legally stop me.’
Dunkin Donuts has much better coffee
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